Cross Currents is a 1916 American silent film starring Helen Ware.

Plot

Ware portrays a young socialite, Elizabeth Crane, who realizes her fiancé, Paul Beale, has a greater love for another woman, Flavia, and steps aside so he may marry. Later they are isolated on a deserted island and rekindle their love.

Cross Currents (1916 film)

Cast

Helen Ware as Elizabeth Crane, a young socialite

Courtenay Foote as Paul Beale, Elizabeth's fiancé

Teddy Sampson as Flavia, Elizabeth's foster sister, and Paul's eventual wife

Sam De Grasse as millionnaire Sila Randolph, who wishes to marry Elizabeth

Vera Lewis as Mrs. Van de Meer

Reception

Louis Reeves Harrison of The Moving Picture World characterized the film as "admirably typed and handled," and noted Ware's performance, "The story carries her from the stilted posturing of the drawing room to the free expression of her intelligence in an extremely difficult performance."

Cross Currents (1916 film)

On the other hand, Hazel Simpson Naylor of Motion Picture Magazine found the film "singularly lacking in feminine beauty."

Cross Currents (1916 film)

References

External links

1916 drama films

1916 films

Silent American drama films

Films directed by Francis J. Grandon

1910s English-language films

English-language drama films